Some Information Regarding Medical Practice Management Software

By Mina R. Raynor


Medical practice management software provides features and services, including revenue and repetitive financial matters, that do tasks that doctors and other medical personnel traditionally do when they are creating patient records and taking care of other related matters, so that they have more time to focus on individual patient needs and preferences. The following is a little information on these software services and how they can effectively manage different aspects of a medical practice.

One thing that is a matter of concern to many doctors is how their practice can efficiently manage bill collecting. The automated billing service included in many medical management software bundles take the work out of the process by automatically making patient appointments, billing insurance companies, keeping track of billing progress, and sending billing/payment updates to users so that they can track and change billing information whenever it may be necessary. Every one of these steps is performed in a professional and courteous way that maintains interpersonal relationships with patients and other professionals in the medical field.

Also, many doctor's offices that use medical practice management software often qualify for governmental incentive plans that have recently been implemented to help encourage economic growth in public service areas including transportation, education, infrastructure, unemployment benefits, and health care. If a practice can prove that they make "meaningful use" of Electronic Health Records (EHR) software, they qualify to receive one of the two (Medicare or Medicaid) incentive programs offered by the government.

An additional benefit of these applications is that each program within the package is usually interoperable, meaning that they work together and allow medical histories, test results, and other patient details to be accessed by users and exchanged with other health care organizations, providers, and systems. All of this saves medical health care professional the time, effort, and personnel that would otherwise be spend filling out, filing, retrieving, or sending patient records using traditional means.

One thing that is important to look for when shopping for the right medical practice management software provider is that they be certified as a "Complete EHR", by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT). This proves that each aspect of the software package has been tested and stood up to clinical trials, and will perform the tasks and services required by many health care organizations; however, it is important to keep in mind that this is in no way an endorsement by the Department of Health and Human Services, or a guarantee that the user will qualify for an incentive program.




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